Table of Contents WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ........................................................................................ 3 WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................ 4 STANDARD WARRANTY ........................................................................................................................... 4 TWO YEAR WARRANTY ........................................................................................................................... 4 DISPOSAL ............................................................................................................................................. 4 RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERFERENCE ........................................................................ 5 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 FEATURES ................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 WHAT IS A SWITCHER? .................................................................................................................. 7 1.4 WHAT IS A FRAME SYNCHRONIZER? ................................................................................................. 7 1.5 POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 7 2. INSTALLATION, CONNECTIONS, SET UP ...................................................................... 8 2.1 SOME GENERAL NOTES ON INSTALLATION......................................................................................... 8 2.2 POWER UP STATE ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 CONNECTING VIDEO SOURCES ........................................................................................................ 9 2.4 CONNECTING AUDIO SOURCES ....................................................................................................... 9 2.5 OUTPUTS AND MONITORS ............................................................................................................. 9 2.6 AUDIO MIXER ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.7 RS-232 CONTROL ...................................................................................................................... 10 2.8 TALLY CONTROL ......................................................................................................................... 10 2.9 MIDI CONTROL ......................................................................................................................... 10 3. QUICK START ................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 SE-500 FRONT PANEL ................................................................................................................ 11 3.2 SE-500 REAR PANEL .................................................................................................................. 14 3.3 SELECTING VIDEO INPUT FORMATS AND ADJUSTING AUDIO LEVELS ........................................................ 16 3.4 USING VIDEO AND AUDIO MONITORS ............................................................................................ 16 3.5 CUTTING BETWEEN SOURCES ........................................................................................................ 16 3.6 DISSOLVING BETWEEN SOURCES .................................................................................................... 16 3.7 OTHER TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SOURCES ......................................................................................... 16 3.8 EFFECTS ................................................................................................................................... 17 4. CONTROLS AND OPERATIONS ..................................................................................... 18 4.1 VIDEO SOURCE .......................................................................................................................... 18 4.2 COLOR PROCESSOR .................................................................................................................... 18 4.3 MENU .................................................................................................................................... 20 4.4 AUDIO INPUTS, LEVELS, AND METERS (FADERS, BUS SELECTORS,) ........................................................ 20 5. USING TRANSITIONS ...................................................................................................... 22 5.1 SELECTING A TRANSITION: FADE, WIPE ........................................................................................... 22 5.2 PLAYING A TRANSITION MANUALLY ................................................................................................ 22 5.3 PLAYING A TRANSITION AUTOMATICALLY ......................................................................................... 22 5.4 LIST OF TRANSITIONS AND PARAMETERS (SUITABLE FOR PHOTOCOPYING) ..................................... 23 1 6. USING EFFECTS .............................................................................................................. 25 6.1 EFFECTS: QUAD ......................................................................................................................... 25 6.2 EFFECTS: SPLIT .......................................................................................................................... 25 6.3 EFFECTS: PICTURE IN PICTURE ........................................................................................... 26 6.4 EFFECTS: FREEZE ................................................................................................................ 26 6.5 BORDER ................................................................................................................................ 26 6.6 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 26 7. SAMPLE APPLICATIONS ................................................................................................ 27 7.1 FOUR CAMERA SHOOT: LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCE / SPORTING EVENT ............................................... 27 7.2 LIVE CONFERENCE ...................................................................................................................... 28 7.3 LIVE EVENT MIXING: CLUB VJ / CONCERT ...................................................................................... 29 7.4 USING SE-500 WITH CG-100 FOR TITLES/GRAPHICS/LOGOS OVERLAY ............................................... 30 8. TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................... 31 8.1 NO POWER ............................................................................................................................... 31 8.2 NO IMAGE AT OUTPUT ................................................................................................................ 31 8.3 AUDIO CLIPPING ........................................................................................................................ 31 8.4 FROZEN IMAGE AT OUTPUT .......................................................................................................... 31 8.5 IMAGE DISTORTION .................................................................................................................... 31 9. APPENDIX ......................................................................................................................... 32 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................................................................ 32 TECH NOTES ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Video Standards, Formats, and Quality ...................................................................................... 35 Monitor Calibration (procedures, test patterns/bars) ................................................................ 36 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 38 USEFUL ACCESSORIES FROM DATAVIDEO .................................................................................................. 40 Datavideo CG- CG-100 ................................................................................................................. 40 Datavideo VGA to DV converter- PPT-100 .................................................................................. 40 Datavideo TLM-70D 7” TFT LCD .................................................................................................. 41 Datavideo DAC-6 DV to Analog (One way converter) ................................................................. 41 Datavideo BAC-03 Balanced-Unbalanced Audio converter ........................................................ 42 Bi-Directional IEEE/1394 DV Format Repeater ...........................................................................